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Wandsworth 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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151
Lighting.
Details as to the number and description of lamps in the
Borough are set out on page 152.
In the Eastern District the lamps under the heading of "Other
Lamps" are:—
11 incandescent lamps at £9:o:o each per annum.
2 „ „ £8:16:0 „
5 „ „ £7:18:0 „
9 „ „ £5:16:0 „
5 special cluster lamps at Broadway, Tooting.
The lamps under the head of " Electric Lamps" are:—
17 lighted by electricity generated at the Dust
Destructor.
In the Western District the lamps under the heading of "Other
Lamps" are:—
2 3-light incandescent burners at £8:8:6 per annum.
92-light „ £5:17:0 „
1 special (Town Hall) „ £5:17:2 ,,
2 Sugg's lamps fixed in front of Putney Railway
Station, lighted by the London and South
Western Railway Company, at the cost of two
ordinary lamps.
The lamps under the head of "Electric Lamps" are:—
5 lighted by the County of London Electric Supply
Company at the Causeway, Wandsworth, for
£25:12:0 per annum.
213 new lamps have been erected in the Borough during the
past year.